O. Annual Rookie & Free Agent draft

O.1 The Rookie/Free Agent DraftThe annual rookie/FA draft will start on May 15th at 12:00am CT.

A. The draft lasts 7 rounds.

B. Trading is allowed during this time.

C. Every round of the draft will go in order 1-12 (not a serpentine draft)

D. There will be no time limit for each pick in the draft. This is done to facilitate trading during the draft. It is a lot of fun but if you are not actively seeking out a trade, you are expected to pick ASAP. The RWP reserves the right to institute a time limit on any owner who is believed to be abusing this feature. Rarely should 24 hours pass between draft picks.

E. All rookies and free agents may be drafted during this draft.

F. When both conferences have finished their drafts, the RWP will announce the exact start/end times of a 24-hour blind bid auction for any free agents. When the 24 hours end, the highest bids will win their player and the league will be in FCFS mode.

G. Rookie/FA draft picks may not be skipped

H. Releasing a draftee before the contract deadline will come at a cost a 5WB (equivalent of a 1 year deal)

O.2 Draft Order FormulaThe draft order is based on the regular season results for all teams within each conference except the Conference Champion and Runner-up. The Playoffs are primarily for bragging rights and money. The Conference Champion will pick last in the draft and the runner-up will pick second to last in the draft. All other teams will follow this formula...

Each team will be assigned a draft rating. It will be calculated as follows...

A. All teams are ranked from 1-12 in overall record from past season. (Tiebreakers are total points, power ranking and coinflip in that order). The team with the best record is Ranked 1, the team with the worst is Ranked 12.

B. All teams are ranked from 1-12 in total points. (Tiebreakers are power ranking, record and coinflip in that order.) The team with the most points is Ranked 1, the team with the lowest is Ranked 12.

C. These two numbers are added together to get a "Draft rating".

D. This system will be used and teams will draft in order of highest draft ranking drafting first down to lowest drafting tenth, with tiebreakers being lowest power ranking and coinflip in that order.